India’s Ship recycling tonnage at Alang rises over 16% y-o-y in H1 2026

India’s ship recycling industry increased recycled volumes at Alang by 16% y-o-y to 569,000 light displacement tonnes (LDT) in H1CY’26 from 491,500 LDT a year earlier, as per BigMint data, despite vessel arrivals remaining broadly unchanged at 51 ships compared with 52 ships in H1CY’25. Larger tankers and container ships, rather than higher vessel arrivals, drove the increase in dismantling volumes.